Prayer, Plain and Simple

Our Declaration of Dependence

On this day when we remember the gift of our freedom as American people, as Your people, we choose to use that freedom to make a declaration of dependence on You and Your love and Your grace. We need Your wisdom and Your ways and Your Word. Please fill this country with the truth and love that only You offer, for You are Truth and Love, the Source and the Substance itself. Thank You for hearing our prayer.

Shepherds and City FolkThe Lord is my Shepherd to feed, guide, and shield me, I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 (Amplified)
I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down His own life for the sheep. John 10:11 (Amplified)
Bless Israel, your special possession.
Lead them like a shepherd,
and carry them in y

Plan to Plan and Plan to PrayFor I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. Jeremiah 29:11 (Amplified)
Roll your works upon the Lord, commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to beco

Love, Attention Deficit, and DementiaLove... is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it – it pays no attention to a suffered wrong. 1 Corinthians 13:5 (Amplified)
Love pays attention to the right things. It notices and awards good intentions. But when it comes to offenses, it has a healthy c

Win As One...Make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Philippians 2:2
...Stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith. Philippians 1:27
...So that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord J

Repent and Rebuild"Joash decided to repair the Lord’s house." 2 Chronicles 24:4
King Joash of Judah didn't make the mess he found himself in; his ancestors had neglected the temple and abandoned God, but he took it upon himself to do something about that. In our marriages, we often have to clean up other people's